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Mixed reaction to Sony’s clean edits of Step Brothers and others

Sony Pictures on Tuesday made available the less naughty edits of certain movies (seen on TV and airplanes) when you purchase the title on a streaming service.

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in Step Brothers. (sony pictures)

By The Associated Press

Thu., June 8, 2017

LOS ANGELES—Imagine watching Step Brothers with the whole family. You might be able to now.

Sony Pictures on Tuesday unveiled their Clean Version initiative, which makes available the less violent, salacious and profane broadcast television and airplane edits of certain movies when you purchase the regular title on a streaming service.

Clean versions are available now for 24 films including Step Brothers, Ghostbusters and White House Down.

Third party services like ClearPlay and VidAngel have been in the business of cleaning up movies for years, although their unauthorized edits have also been the target of lawsuits from studios.

Not everyone was a fan of the Sony announcement, including Seth Rogen who tweeted his dismay Tuesday. Rogen’s raunchy Sausage Party is a Sony film. A clean edit is not available for that.

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